Saudi Arabia 2003
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News on Saudi Arabia in 2003
- DECEMBER 7, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Saeed bin Manea al-Harith, a convicted...
It was reported that Saeed bin Manea al-Harith, a convicted Saudi Arabian murderer, was spared execution after tribal sheikhs persuaded his victim's father to accept five million riyals ($1
- DECEMBER 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Qazma al-Qahtani, a Saudi woman condemned to death...
Qazma al-Qahtani, a Saudi woman condemned to death for suffocating her Saudi husband, Saeed al-Qahtani, as he slept, was beheaded by the sword on in Assir, in the south of the kingdom
- DECEMBER 3, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mashan al-Shamri, a Saudi citizen sentenced to death...
Mashan al-Shamri, a Saudi citizen sentenced to death for killing his father with a machine gun while he was asleep, was beheaded by sword in the eastern city of Dammam
- OCTOBER 22, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah,...
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah, two Pakistani nationals sentenced to death for heroin smuggling, were beheaded by sword in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 17, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty...
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the town of Huta Bani Tamim, in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for smuggling...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for smuggling heroin into the conservative Gulf Arab state, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- OCTOBER 7, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national,...
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found...
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found guilty of smuggling heroin, was beheaded by sword on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhaher bin Nahar Al-Chemmari, a Saudi national accused...
Dhaher bin Nahar Al-Chemmari, a Saudi national accused of smuggling an unknown quantity of hashish into the country, was beheaded by sword in the eastern Saudi province of Hafr Al-Baten
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari and Pakistani national Habibullah...
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari and Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of respectively smuggling cocaine and heroin into Saudi Arabia, were publicly beheaded in the city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan and a Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking...
An Afghan and a Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said
- AUGUST 26, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 22, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mashari bin Omair al-Shahrani, a Saudi national, was...
Mashari bin Omair al-Shahrani, a Saudi national, was beheaded for stabbing his father to death inside a mosque
- AUGUST 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali and Abdullah...
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali and Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, were publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- AUGUST 13, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ateq al-Harbi, a Saudi national convicted...
Saad bin Ateq al-Harbi, a Saudi national convicted of shooting dead Mohammed bin Muateq al-Harbi, was publicly decapitated by sword in the Kingdom's eastern Al-Ihsa province
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as...
Assadullah bin Mohammed Jan bin Rahim Dad, known as Mohammed Nabi Hamsha, an Afghan national found guilty of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 10, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rashed bin Modhesh al-Dosari, a Saudi national convicted...
Rashed bin Modhesh al-Dosari, a Saudi national convicted of shooting a compatriot to death following an argument, was executed in the Riyadh region by public beheading
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- JULY 23, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayedh bin Eid bin Ayedh al-Shamlani al-Enezi, a Saudi...
Ayedh bin Eid bin Ayedh al-Shamlani al-Enezi, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh
- JULY 18, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Zuheir al-Qorni, a Saudi, was executed in the...
Ali bin Zuheir al-Qorni, a Saudi, was executed in the Mecca region by beheading
- JULY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted...
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted of trying to smuggle an unknown quantity of heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in the country by sword near Riyadh
- JULY 9, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted...
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the capital Riyadh
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national,...
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national, was executed by public beheading for murdering a female compatriot following a dispute
- JULY 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen...
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in Afif in the Riyadh region